Barriers Analysis to Effective Implementation of BIM in the Construction Industry

Building Information Modeling (BIM) as a new method presents a number of opportunities and challenges for the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. Obviously, there are many issues in the way of implementing BIM. Some of these issues have been largely eliminated over time and by the advancement of related technologies; however, various issues are emerging when dealing with the details of BIM implementation. Contract and legal barriers, cultural problems, management system, and economic and security issues are the most important challenges against implementing this technology. In order to bridge the gap between researchers and practitioners, this paper aims to summarize available information related to the implementation of BIM in the construction industry (about 47 papers) and its related barriers. This research focuses on the most repetitive challenges and barriers that have been more fundamental than the rest and other related issues have been ignored. Distribution of these barriers and challenges is different from region to region. Finally, challenges, which need to be addressed before we can fully benefit from BIM, are highlighted.